Forest Green furious as Watford appoint Rob Edwards as manager

Rob Edwards, who will take over as Watford head coach at the end of the season following his departure from Forest Green, the Premier League club have announced. Photo credit should read Bradley Collyer/PA Wire.

Watford have appointed the Forest Green Rovers manager, Rob Edwards, as Roy Hodgson’s successor. Confirmation came after the League Two champions expressed disappointment that negotiations had been held “behind our backs” and said Edwards had left.

Watford identified Edwards, who guided Rovers to the title in his first season as a Football League manager, as an ideal successor to Hodgson, who will leave at the end of this campaign.